Storm History: Copiah County, Mississippi
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Copiah County, Mississippi: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 715
- Deaths
- 16
- Injuries
- 178
- Damage
- $150 million
- Episodes
- 466
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 299 | 13 | 150 | $21 million |
| Hail | 157 | 0 | 1 | $4.4 million |
| Flash Flood | 112 | 0 | 4 | $2.7 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 90 | 0 | 3 | $705,000 |
| Drought | 17 | 0 | 0 | $4.3 million |
| Heavy Snow | 9 | 0 | 0 | $600,000 |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $825,000 |
| Heat | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $98,000 |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $111,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 2 | 0 | 20 | $115 million |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $19,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Tornado, June 18, 2023
- Tornado, November 21, 1992
- Tornado, March 29, 1976
- Tornado, February 12, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Tornado, February 5, 2004
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Tornado, September 1, 2008
- Tornado, February 15, 2016
- Tornado, November 20, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Hail, June 25, 2008
- Hail, May 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 29, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2011
- Hail, February 3, 2006
- Tornado, January 20, 2010
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 17, 2016
- Hail, March 13, 2005
- Hail, May 1, 1978
- Hail, May 8, 1978
- Flash Flood, March 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2001
- Flash Flood, February 10, 2024
- Hail, October 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2014
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Hail, May 14, 2006
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, January 23, 1969
- Tornado, January 10, 1975
- Tornado, March 29, 1976
- Tornado, April 17, 1978
- Tornado, March 12, 1986
- Tornado, March 9, 1992
- Tornado, November 21, 1992
- Tornado, February 10, 2013
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, April 18, 2020
- Tornado, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, February 26, 1958
- Tornado, November 26, 1973
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2026
- Hail, May 17, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Tornado, April 24, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 7, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2025
- Hail, September 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2025
- Tornado, July 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2025
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Hail, May 24, 2025
- Hail, April 22, 2025
- Tornado, April 5, 2025
- Tornado, March 23, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, February 12, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tropical Storm, September 12, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2024
- Tornado, May 9, 2024
- Hail, April 2, 2024
- Tornado, March 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, February 10, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2024
- Tornado, December 9, 2023
- Tornado, November 20, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2023
- Tornado, June 18, 2023
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2023
- Hail, June 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2023
- Hail, May 11, 2023
- Hail, May 5, 2023
- Tornado, April 3, 2023
- Tornado, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, December 13, 2022
- Hail, October 12, 2022
- Tornado, May 25, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Tornado, April 13, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Tornado, March 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, October 5, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2021
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2021
- Tornado, May 4, 2021
- Tornado, April 9, 2021
- Hail, March 31, 2021
- Hail, March 31, 2021
- Tornado, March 16, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2021
- Hail, January 25, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2021
- Tornado, December 23, 2020
- Tornado, October 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2020
- Hail, June 5, 2020
- Hail, June 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2020
- Tornado, April 22, 2020
- Tornado, April 18, 2020
- Tornado, February 5, 2020
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2019
- Tornado, June 23, 2019
- Tornado, June 17, 2019
- Tornado, April 18, 2019
- Tornado, April 12, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 2019
- Tornado, January 19, 2019
- Tornado, November 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2018
- Hail, August 5, 2018
- Hail, June 26, 2018
- Hail, June 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2018
- Tornado, April 6, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2017
- Strong Wind, May 3, 2017
- Tornado, April 30, 2017
- Tornado, April 2, 2017
- Tornado, March 29, 2017
- Hail, March 7, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Tornado, January 19, 2017
- Sleet, January 6, 2017
- Tornado, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Tornado, November 28, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 25, 2016
- Hail, September 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2016
- Tornado, July 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 17, 2016
- Tornado, March 9, 2016
- Hail, March 3, 2016
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Tornado, February 15, 2016
- Tornado, January 21, 2016
- Tornado, December 27, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 13, 2015
- Tornado, November 17, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2015
- Tornado, May 29, 2015
- Tornado, May 24, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2015
- Tornado, April 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 1, 2015
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2014
- Hail, August 21, 2014
- Hail, August 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Hail, April 27, 2014
- Flood, April 8, 2014
- Tornado, April 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 2, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2014
- Tornado, February 21, 2013
- Tornado, February 10, 2013
- Tornado, January 29, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2013
- Tornado, December 25, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 20, 2012
- Tornado, December 8, 2012
- Dense Fog, November 28, 2012
- Tornado, August 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2012
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2012
- Hail, May 17, 2012
- Hail, April 20, 2012
- Hail, April 2, 2012
- Tornado, January 25, 2012
- Flash Flood, December 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2011
- Hail, September 11, 2011
- Tornado, September 3, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2011
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 20, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 29, 2011
- Tornado, March 8, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Tornado, December 31, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2010
- Hail, August 2, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Tornado, May 20, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Tornado, January 20, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Tornado, May 5, 2009
- Tornado, May 3, 2009
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2009
- Hail, April 2, 2009
- Tornado, March 27, 2009
- Tornado, March 25, 2009
- Flash Flood, January 6, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 11, 2008
- Tornado, December 9, 2008
- Tornado, September 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2008
- Hail, June 27, 2008
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 25, 2008
- Hail, June 24, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2008
- Tornado, April 18, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 18, 2008
- Hail, February 26, 2008
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2008
- Tornado, February 12, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2008
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Tornado, December 20, 2007
- Hail, August 27, 2007
- Heat, August 5, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Hail, June 27, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Drought, April 25, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Copiah CountyEvery warning in Copiah County since 1986Every county in Mississippi
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.